For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question, “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashionable” in the same way: “She was wearing a fashionable coat. His shirt was really a fashionable colour.”
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs…and in languages. Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.
Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspaper, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.From this passage we know that “fashion” means ______.
| A．clothes |
| B．many things |
| C．most of the popular things |
| D．everything |
Which of the following things is fashionable today?
| A．Surfing on the Internet. |
| B．Having a family dinner on New Year’s Day. |
| C．Learning to sing songs on the radio. |
| D．Doing morning exercises at school. |
Today fashions change very quickly because _______.
| A．people read newspaper every day |
| B．radios send information from one country to another |
| C．new things that people like are often shown on TV |
| D．people quickly learn what is happening in the world |
There is money in fashion” means ______
| A．clothes are expensive |
| B．money comes from fashion |
| C．people will buy new things |
| D．fashions make big money |
The best title for the passage is ______.
| A．Fashions |
| B．Fashion mean clothes |
| C．Fashion means money |
| D．A fashionable colour |
My name is Christine and I’d like to tell you how I learned English.
Here in Brazil we started to have English classes in high school. When I finished school, I wasn’t good at English. But later, I found it interesting to listen to English songs and watch English films. So I decided to study English at Fisk School when I was thirty-five years old. I had class with sixty teenagers in a big classroom at that time. Because I had to look after my son, I stopped studying at the school after seven months. But I kept studying by myself. I learned by listening to English songs and watching films. When I had problems, I tried to find answers on the Inernet. During that time, my friends helped me a lot.
Now, I have no problem in speaking or reading. Most people are surprised when I speak in English.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。Where is Christine from?
| A．America. | B．China | C．Brazil | D．Japan. |
When did Christine start studying at Fisk School?
| A．When she finished school |
| B．When she was thirty-five years old. |
| C．When she was in high-school |
| D．When she had her son. |
How long did Christine study English at Fisk School?
| A．For seven weeks. |
| B．For six weeks. |
| C．For seven months |
| D．For seven years. |
What does the underlined word “problems” mean in Chinese?
| A．问题 | B．成绩 | C．结果 | D．考试 |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Christine was good at English when she was had to work. |
| B．Christine stopped studying at the school because she had to work. |
| C．Christine can read English, but can’t speak English well now. |
| D．English songs and films made Christine interested in English |
When ten-year-old James Ale and his friends went out to play，they had nowhere to go but the streets. The streets were filled with traffic，but the children had no choice. There was no park or playground nearby. One day，a little girl was badly injured by a passing car. James Ale thought the neighborhood needed a park.
For more than a year，James Ale worked for his park. He knocked on doors asking adults to help. He went to City Hall and discussed his idea with the mayor（市长）.At first people did not want to listen to a ten-year-old，but James did not give up. In the end，he won.“Getting the park took a lot of work，”James said.“It was worth it，though，because we needed it.”The best title is .
| A．City Streets | B．A Park of James Ale | C．Speeding Drivers | D．Playing in the Streets |
When James decided that a park was needed，he was .
| A．a grown-up | B．eleven years old | C．ten years old | D．the mayor |
We can learn from the text that .
| A．no one would help James | B．people laugh at James |
| C．the mayor liked James | D．the park was built at last |
The underlined word “discussed” means .
| A．finished | B．talked over | C．changed | D．waited for |
The underlined words” give up: means___________.
| A．give away | B．get up | C．stop trying | D．put up |
One day a mother camel and her son walked through a desert. They were looking for water and grass.
The son asked, “What do water and grass look like, Mum?”His mother answered, “Water looks like the sky, blue and clear.While grass is green, fresh and nice.”
After they walked for a day and a night, the son suddenly cried, “Look!Mum,there is water and grass over there!”
“What a foolish talk,my boy!”
The water and grass were on the left,while the desert was on the right.But because the mother camel was blind(瞎的)in her left eye,she could only see a sea of yellow sand with her right eye.So she didn’t believe what the young camel said.
The next day they went on walking ,the young camel found a secondoasis,but his mother still did not believe him. She said angrily, “No,that’s not an oasis,but a desert. I have more knowledge and experience than you. You are wrong again. You should listen to me.”
This time the young camel was angry with his mother,too. So when he saw an oasis for the third time, he left his mother without telling her.He ran to the grass and ate his fill. But his poor mother was still walking on and she was still hungry and thirsty.At first the young camel didn’t know.
| A．how to go through the desert |
| B．what they wanted to do |
| C．where they wanted to go |
| D．what water and grass looked like |
How many times did the young camel find the oasis in total(总共)?
| A．Once | B．Twice | C．Three times | D．Four times |
What’s the Chinese meaning of the word “oasis”?
A.大海B绿洲C．陆地D草地Who couldn’t eat grass all the time?
| A．The mother camel | B．The young camel | C．The writer | D．Nobody |
What can you learn from the passage?
| A．We should believe the mother camel. |
| B． We should always believe the one with more experience |
| C．We should believe others when they are right |
| D．We don’t need to be polite to our mothers. |
There is a lion in a forest. Every day he goes about to look for food. The small animals in the forest are all afraid of him. Not far from the forestthere are four bulls(公牛). They are good friends, and often go about together. The lion tries many times to catch them, but can’t do so. Every time he comes near, the four bulls stand together to fight him. So he can do nothing to him.
One day the bulls have a quarrel(吵架). After that each of them goes his own way. When the lion sees this, he is happy. He catches one bull and eats him up. Then he catches another. One by one he catches all the four bulls and eats them up.How many animals are there in the story?
| A．Four | B．Five | C．One | D．Many |
Does the lion want to eat the bulls?
| A．Yes,we want. | B．No,he can’t. | C．Yes,he does. | D．No,he doesn’t |
Why can’t the lion want catch the bulls at first?
| A．Because the bulls are too big. |
| B．Because the bulls are good friends. |
| C．Because the bulls stand together to find him. |
| D．Because he is not strong enough to fight bulls. |
How can the lion eat the bulls at last?
| A．He catches them at one time and eats them up. |
| B．He catches one bull at a time and eats it up. Then he catches another. |
| C．He catches them at the time and eats them up. |
| D．One day he catches all the bulls and eats them up. |
What does the story want to tell us?
| A．The lion is the King in the forest. |
| B．Bulls are foolish to quarrel with each other. |
| C．Lions are stronger than bulls. |
| D．Untion(团结) is strength(力量) |
Flight Timetbale
| Flight number |
Departure |
Arrival |
From |
To |
Stop |
| CA907 |
07:45 |
12:10 |
Beijing |
Moscow |
Chengdu |
| CA981 |
08:15 |
18:35 |
Beijing |
New York |
Shanghai |
| CA158 |
10:20 |
23:10 |
Beijing |
London |
Chengdu |
| CA149 |
11:35 |
22:10 |
Beijing |
Sydney |
Hong Kong |
| CA923 |
12:35 |
17:10 |
Beijing |
Moscow |
/ |
| CA167 |
13:15 |
02:40 |
Beijing |
Paris |
Moscow |
| CA147 |
15:55 |
10:15 |
Beijing |
Sydney |
Guangzhou |
| CA949 |
17:25 |
07:35 |
Beijing |
Paris |
Shanghai |
| CA173 |
19:20 |
01:50 |
Beijing |
Moscow |
Urumqi |
| CA937 |
21:25 |
08:10 |
Beijing |
London |
Hong Kong |
You’ll go toAustraliaand only takewhen you reachBeijingAirportat eleven forty.
| A．CA923 | B．CA149 | C．CA167 | D．CA147 |
If you want to go toFranceand spend fourteen hours and ten minutes, you should stay inon the way.
| A．Hong Kong | B．Moscow | C．Shanghai | D．Chengdu |
It will take youto reachEnglandif you stop inHong Kong.
| A．nine hours and twenty | B．twelve hours and fifty | C．ten hours and forty—five | D．ten hours and thirty—five |
You’d better take theplane if you want to spend least time to get toRussia.
| A．one fifty | B．seven forty—five |
| C．seven twenty | D．twelve thirty—five |
YouinBeijingif you want to go toAmerica.
| A．may not take any plane | B．may take three planes |
| C．may take two planes | D．may take one plane |